Islamic State burns rare Christian manuscripts

By: Robert Ewan

In a ceremony resembling the Nazi burning of the books in 1933, the Islamic State (ISIS burned literary books and very rare Christian manuscripts. Eyewitness accounts from the city of Mosul indicate that on January 13, 2015 there was a massive burning of books in the suburb of Almajmoaa al Thaqafia, north east of Mosul. Along hundreds of novels and poetry books hurled into the flames, were some rare Christian manuscripts looted from Mar Afram, Mar Paul and Our Lady of the Annunciation churches.

 The militants invited many local residents to toss books into the bonfire. They declared that these books are against the orientation of the Islamic State and aim to stir promiscuity, pornography and overtaking on the divine self.